Safety and Bacteraemia Between Peripherally Inserted and Central Inserted Catheters. (PYCBAC)

Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Status: Completed

Conditions: Catheter Related Infections

Treatments: Device: CVC; Device: PICC

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02538159

IIBSP-CAT-2014-36

Details and patient eligibility

About

Clinical, prospective, single-center, national trial. open and randomized at 1: 1 to compare the rate of bacteremia associated between non-tunneled Central venous catheter and peripheral inserted central catheter.

Enrollment: 247 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female patients ≥ 18 years.
• Patients hospitalized at our institution requiring at least 6 days of intravenous treatment in a conventional ward of our hospital.
• Signed informed consent by the patient and / or when necessary parent / legal guardian.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with bacteremia at the time of catheter insertion.
• Patients admitted to hematology or intensive care units, for considered a type of patient characteristics very different from other patients.
• Patients with severe clinical situation.
• Patients in whom peripheral venous access is technically impossible, patients outpatient and express refusal of the patient.
• Pregnant patients.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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247 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental CVC

Experimental group

Description:

CVC insertion Non-tunneled Central venous catheter insertion

Treatment:

Device: CVC

Experimental PICC

Experimental group

Description:

PICC insertion Peripherally inserted catheter

Treatment:

Device: PICC